r/canadaguns • u/Western_Wish4280 • Aug 04 '26

Buy recommendations Recommendations on SKS

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Hi, hope youre all doing great.

My last post here was asking on advice on whether to buy my buddy's sks or not. Apparently the sale didnt go through and he got an outrageous offer for it and sold it off.

Ever since that, i have been looking to get my hands on an sks.

Dont care if it gets banned anymore. A classic canadian staple and ill be buying it regardless only if i can get my hands on one.

Have been out of luck in New brunswick trying to get one for sub 1200$ . Was looking at firearms outlet and saw multiple still in stock.

Need recommendations/ reviews of the ones you guys and gals already own and the ones to STAY AWAY FROM BUYING.

Even if do get one, itll be very hard to check it in person as ill be trying to get her shipped all around canada. So please guide me on where to buy(already know gunpost and townpost) and which model to buy.

Thanks a ton in advance.

P.S: was willing to get the ATI stock one in the picture as a last resort.

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u/Norwest_Shooter on Aug 04 '26

Definitely buy one but stay away from FOC

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u/Western_Wish4280 Aug 04 '26

Please elaborate. They seem to have nice discounts and alot on stock tho

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u/Norwest_Shooter on Aug 04 '26

They are just a very unethical company. This is beaten to death on pretty much every thread mentioning them, but basically, they had a data breach, was informed by visa about it, and chose to hide it and cover it up and launch a sale to take advantage of the panic buying when the handgun freeze was happening. Did nothing to help their customers after all their personal information was compromised. Have never taken any accountability for it. I always say, data breaches happen, but how you deal with them is what matters and they chose to willingly screw over their customers for profit. They also refused to give people transfer numbers when people were trying to buy handguns before the freeze and some transfers were never initiated, saying that giving transfer numbers out was illegal, screwing people over for essentially the rest of their lives. Combine that with very inconsistent and poor customer service, and outright lies, it’s not a gun store people should be doing business with.

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u/CLIMAXJONES Aug 04 '26

Sorry to hear about your experience with them . I haven’t bought from them since 2023 so I was speaking from my own experience. The beauty of the free market is you can choose to support them or not . I do understand why that would sour ur opinion on them ! I have beef with my local gunship for scummy moves like that

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u/Norwest_Shooter on Aug 04 '26

To add to that I’d say before all that I never had a good experience. Neutral at best. Probably the best order I had from them I bought a handgun, and they never sent a tracking number. It just showed up one day. Sure who doesn’t like surprise guns showing up. But that’s like such a basic thing to screw up and every other transaction was much worse than that.

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u/WeightedDips95 Aug 04 '26

They had a CC breach allegedly some years ago and didn’t handle it the best apparently. 

Maybe easy for me to say as I wasn’t involved but they’re still very easy to deal with, quick, have sales often, and support the CCFR a lot, so they’re still my go to. 

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u/Lumindan Aug 04 '26

It wasn't allegedly. It happened. They stayed super hush hush about it and kept taking cc orders despite the breach.

Its not the breach the pissed people off, it's the way they handled it.

There's topics about it in this sub if you search it. Supposedly they fired the guy but imo it's a permanent stain on their reputation.

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u/itsnotthatseriousbud Aug 04 '26

They had a credit card security breach in 2022, meaning anyone who used the CC to purchase something from FOC had their credit card details taken.

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u/Lumindan Aug 04 '26

I don't know why this is being down voted.

The breach happened. FOC did a horrendous job addressing it.

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u/Clover_Lawn_4440 Aug 04 '26

Keyword here is 2022. CC breaches happen daily at many retailers, restaurants, gas stations and convenience stores etc

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u/Norwest_Shooter on Aug 04 '26

Like I’ve always said. They happen. They should be dealt with in a way that is transparent and shows accountability and 4 years on FOC still shows zero accountability for what they did.

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u/itsnotthatseriousbud Aug 04 '26

If one does a distasteful act and refuse to take accountability for it, it’s as they did it today.

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u/Clover_Lawn_4440 Aug 04 '26

Does every retailer publicly annouce when a credit card number has been misused after a purchase at their store. Short answer is no. Cards are used fraudulently every single day and I've never read about it. There are card swimmers at gast station pumps, convenience store ATMS and a host of other places. I've never read about Shell or Petro Can addressing it or Circle K or 7-11

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u/itsnotthatseriousbud Aug 04 '26

Yes, every mass credit card breach is announced. And many take accountability for their lack of security. FOC never has.

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u/Norwest_Shooter on Aug 04 '26

If a card skimmer was found at those places they would remove it. Not keep it on and say, hey, give us more money!

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u/PicklleFucker69 Aug 04 '26

If only there was some sort of protection from the bank for fraudulent charges

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u/AdeptArt Aug 04 '26

Gee I have to waste my own time cancelling my cards and going through my statements and filing chargebacks (and providing evidence). All for $0. Who doesn’t love doing that?

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u/CLIMAXJONES Aug 04 '26

FOC is great to deal with have been buying stuff from them for years . My advice is sign up for Sezzle and use it when you buy from them . You have an option to pay for everything at once so you’re not splitting up your payments if you don’t have to . That way FOC isn’t getting your cc info but you can still shop there